Ellobius tancrei

Blasius, 1884

Eastern Mole Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Ellobiusini
Genus : Ellobius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zool. Anz., vol. 7, 197

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30123815

Original name as described

Ellobius tancréi

Other common names

Zaysan Mole Vole

Type locality

Kendyrlik (= Przevalskoie), Zaysan Lake Valley, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Tajikistan · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

E. tancrei likely represents a species complex of at least three species, tancrei, alaicus, and ognevi, all three of which are tentatively included under a single species pending further resolution

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V., Bogdanov, A., Brandler, O., Melnikova, M., Enkhbat, U., Tukhbatullin, A., ... & Bannikova, A. (2020). Cryptic variation in mole voles Ellobius (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) of Mongolia. Zoologica Scripta, 49(5), 535-548. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor. · Bogdanov, A., Tambovtseva, V., Matveevsky, S., & Bakloushinskaya, I. (2023). Speciation on the Roof of the World: Parallel Fast Evolution of Cryptic Mole Vole Species in the Pamir-Alay—Tien Shan Region. Life, 13(8), 1751.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002136

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ellobius larvatus

G. M. Allen, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-57886

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-57886

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius albicatus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e866e16-6b89-4b57-925e-0bf150f289ef

Authority page

401

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639158

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Ellobius coenosus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coenosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.139

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639159

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Ellobius fusciceps ursulus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ursulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.141

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/addde094-2eb8-4a35-a6f6-c148614a052d

Authority page

403

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639160

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius alaicus

Vorontsov, Lyapunova, Zakarjan, & Ivanov, 1969

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 844111

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Novosibirsk

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7653/115085601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ellobius talpinus ognevi

Dukel'skaya, 1926

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-19725

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-19725

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Бюллетень Средне-Азиатского Государственного Университета

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius fusciceps

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fusciceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071634

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Ellobius tancrei albicatus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancrei tancrei

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tancrei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancrei coenosus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coenosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Ellobius tancrei fuscipeps

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscipeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Ellobius tancrei larvatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

larvatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancrei alaicus

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancrei fuscipes

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ellobius tancréi

Blasius, 1884

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tancrei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30123815

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7657/115085866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ellobius talpinus fuscipes

Vinogradov, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

187

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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